HOMINIZE is a valid Scrabble word — 22 points
Yes. HOMINIZE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 22 points in Scrabble and 23 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HOMINIZE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 56 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HOMINIZE is to know. It scores 22 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HOMINIZE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HOMINIZE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in HOMINIZE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HOMINIZE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HOMINIZE mean in Scrabble?
verb
rare
To make something human in character, or to adapt surroundings to suit people.
Anthropologists also use it for the long process by which ancestors became human. Outside that field hominize is seldom met.
How HOMINIZE is used
Rare and scholarly, found in anthropology and philosophy.
- Tools helped to hominize our early ancestors.
- The architect hoped to hominize the cold plaza.
- Writers sometimes hominize animals to make them relatable.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HOMINIZE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HOMINIZE
2 longer words begin with HOMINIZE.
Shorter words from the letters in HOMINIZE
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Common questions about HOMINIZE
- Is HOMINIZE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HOMINIZE, where it scores 23 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HOMINIZE worth?
- HOMINIZE is worth 22 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HOMINIZE mean?
- To make something human in character, or to adapt surroundings to suit people.
- What letters can be added to HOMINIZE?
- HOMINIZE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of HOMINIZE:
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